“But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base for living and working and transporting ourselves through space.”
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The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change.
The Internet will win because it is relentless. Like a cannibal, it even turns on it own. Though early portals like Prodigy and AOL once benefited from their first-mover status, competitors surpassed them as technology and consumer preferences changed.
I think any new technology that helps connect and create social cohesion is great. But at the end of the day, you and I are analog creatures. We have to take 'oohs and aahs' and convert them to 0s and 1s and then convert them back to 'oohs and aahs.' Narratives that work in social networks are the exchange of stories that are told well.
Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.
